In 2021, the Central bank claimed that there is no real need of CBDC as the main objectives of CBDC projects — primarily financial inclusion and the provision of safe, fast, and low-cost digitized payments — were already a reality thanks to its National Electronic Payment System (SINPE) platform.
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